English
hepeat
Blend of he + repeat, said to have been coined in 2017 by friends of astronomer Nicole Gugliucci.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’
Proto-Germanic *hiz ‘this’
Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ
Old English hē
Middle English he
English he
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti ‘to fly’
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Latin repetō ‘to attack again’
Old French repeter ‘to say multiple times’
Middle French repeter ‘to repeat’
Middle English repeten ‘to repeat’
English repeat
The story
Blend of he + repeat, said to have been coined in 2017 by friends of astronomer Nicole Gugliucci.
Today it means
verb Of a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hepeat